A-blog fanRazor 7 (i.e. Pasadena Weekly's Andre Coleman) wants to know when we're reviewing his novels. As readers know, our book review section is as extensive as the LA Times' these days, and reading fiction was something we last did c. 1998. Actually, the last book review we wrote was in the mid-1980's of a Harlequin romance that happened to take place in the same rural Colorado town where we were the only reporter (climactic punch-out between the developer good guy present boyfriend and bad guy Congressman ex-boyfriend took place during the annual fireworks show -- local color was authentic. We didn't get a free review copy of that book, either.) Anyway, if someone would like to contribute a review of AC's A Liar's Tale, we'll be more than happy to accommodate!
Another A-blog fan is Lance Anderson, purveyor of Verge of LA webzine and "Verge of the Fringe" podcasts,which Lance describes as "raw and uncut storytelling." (Only more interesting than the raw and uncut storytelling we used to hear from people in bars, which is one reason why we stopped going to bars.) We love hearing about what Altadena artists are doing, and Lance is doing interesting and compelling stuff, so check out all his work. Lance says we're "badass." We can live with that.
